The Offensive Line

**leachisabeast** · 11-10-2017, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by The Excellector

By what measurement has Jensen been top 5?

But ehat measurement has he not been a top 5 c this year?

**The Excellector** · 11-10-2017, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by leachisabeast

But ehat measurement has he not been a top 5 c this year?

The eyes of the Land of Verdite that's what.

**The Excellector** · 11-10-2017, 07:49 PM

I like going at it with Cawtious. We get each other riled up. It's fun.

**leachisabeast** · 11-10-2017, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by The Excellector

The eyes of the Land of Verdite that's what.

I think the land of verdite is unfair and harsh on Jensen. It must accept thay Jensen has been one of the few surprises and positives from this season and must be kept mlving foward to rebuilding the offense.

**The Excellector** · 11-10-2017, 07:57 PM

Decent surprise? Yes. Kept moving forward? Yes. As a starter? No.

**houstonravensfan** · 11-10-2017, 08:09 PM

Seems to me we have a solid foundation for a Good to Very Good OL:
LT: Stanley
LG: Hurst/Alex Lewis
C: Jensen
RG: Yanda/Skura
RT: Howard/Alex Lewis/Hurst

I don't list Siragusa, because his injury was really severe.
I don't list Loomy, because he's
IMHO -- and my faith in FilmStudy's acumen -- we need to add just one or two solid players to have a top 10 OL.

Imagine we keep Hurst and Jensen. Yanda is good for a year or two. Lewis can play G or RT. Skura is growing.
Bring in a 2nd or 3rd round LT and we could have something.

ALL CREDIT TO JOE D -- he's worked magic with our rag bag OL.

**JonAB** · 11-10-2017, 08:13 PM

Love to check in on this thread to see how long he’s going to keep digging the worlds dumbest hole

**leachisabeast** · 11-10-2017, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by The Excellector

Decent surprise? Yes. Kept moving forward? Yes. As a starter? No.

Not a starter? You sound like Harbaugh atm

**BcRaven** · 11-10-2017, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by houstonravensfan

Seems to me we have a solid foundation for a Good to Very Good OL:
LT: Stanley
LG: Hurst/Alex Lewis
C: Jensen
RG: Yanda/Skura
RT: Howard/Alex Lewis/Hurst

houston, I don't want to seem negative, but I think you've over-estimated our OL.
LT: Stanley = yes
LG: Hurst (FA)/Alex Lewis (injured more than played in two years)
C: Jensen = yes, but UFA
RG: Yanda (33)/Skura (?)
RT: Howard (average)

IMO tihs is not a solid foundation... Bc

**The Excellector** · 11-10-2017, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by BcRaven

houston, I don't want to seem negative, but I think you've over-estimated our OL.
LT: Stanley = yes
LG: Hurst (FA)/Alex Lewis (injured more than played in two years)
C: Jensen = yes, but UFA
RG: Yanda (33)/Skura (?)
RT: Howard (average)

IMO tihs is not a solid foundation... Bc

See, why can't y'all listen to the man of wisdom over here, BcRaven? He knows.

**WrongBaldy** · 11-11-2017, 03:53 AM

sword reminds me of the guy that a girl said he has a nice six pack but he is still sad bc he has a small johnson

**Filmstudy** · 11-11-2017, 04:28 AM

Originally Posted by BcRaven

houston, I don't want to seem negative, but I think you've over-estimated our OL.
LT: Stanley = yes
LG: Hurst (FA)/Alex Lewis (injured more than played in two years)
C: Jensen = yes, but UFA
RG: Yanda (33)/Skura (?)
RT: Howard (average)

IMO tihs is not a solid foundation... Bc

Glass is half empty or half full. You've seen my scoring, which appeals to some, but not others. So let me try to make the argument qualitatively instead:

--The Ravens OL has had an absurd set of injuries and a retirement this season
--Nonetheless, they are getting very solid play from the interior OL in particular (Hurst, Jensen, and now Skura)
--The play on the interior has been horrendous at previous times when injuries/retirements hit, most notably 2013 with Gradkowski and Shipley as starters.
--The Ravens have new coaches (D'alessandris and Roman)

I argue that the play of Hurst, Jensen, and Skura is so far above expectation that some credit must go to the coaching and that is a significant foundational element to having a consistently good OL.